Sixth Circuit· 2/27/2006

Jones v. Reynolds

Citations

438 F.3d 685
2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 4940

How courts have described this case

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explaining that injuries caused directly by a state actor would be actionable under constitutional theories, but not under the state-created-danger doctrine
noting that plaintiffs who claim state actors “encourage[d] private illegal acts” still must show the “officers’ actions either created or increased the risk of harm to [the victim]”
stating a failure to act is not an affirmative act under the state-created-danger theory”
finding no substantive due process violation in part because officers had no “reason to know” that any actions they took put the plaintiff at risk
affirming grant of summary judgment to police officers who told participants in a fatal drag race that they could “go ahead with the race” because there was no evidence that this action increased the risk to the participants or spectators
“In the only cases where we have recognized a ‘state created danger,’ the government could have specified whom it was putting at risk, nearly to the point of naming the possible victim or victims.”

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